inadequate
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˌɪnəˈkwɛdɪt/
- The shelter's facilities were inadequate for the number of people seeking help during the storm.
- woefully inadequate
- inadequate resources
- inadequate infrastructure
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Watch on YouTubeIn any case, it is quite inadequate as a democratic way of thinking.
- In any case, it is quite inadequate as a democratic way of thinking.
- And if you get one, your income is actually inadequate to protect your family.
- Some were never diagnosed as dyslexic and received inadequate or no specialized reading help.
- But the bigger likelihood is that the testing is inadequate.
- And you'll you'll find that the thing that kills them off the most is just inadequate root growth.
- The if right, it is actually, you could say the measure of an inadequate concept.
- The first, of course, is the idea of impure or inadequate speech.
- It's all coming from a place of feeling inadequate or like what I'm doing is not enough.
Examples
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His dinner, too, was nutritionally inadequate.
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And if you get one, your income is actually inadequate to protect your family.
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Our resources are inadequate now!
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If the deal we agreed to is inadequate, then we agree to nothing.
Fiction book (1993) -
In any case, it is quite inadequate as a democratic way of thinking.
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Unfortunately, each of these approaches appears to be inadequate even in highly developed nations.
Academic text (2011) -
But we found these to be haphazard and inadequate in most cases.
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And he underlined the point that the current position is therefore inadequate as it stands.
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Our equipment is hopelessly inadequate.
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At lower levels of income, the survivor's benefit may be inadequate to meet the remaining spouse's needs.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not good enough in quality or amount
302
1.0
Not having enough of what is needed
99
1.8
Not having enough of something needed to do well
81
3.6
Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need
45
3.7
Not suitable for a particular job or use
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4.8
Too small in amount or quality to be enough
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4.3
Not having enough of something needed
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4.4
Not as good as the usual or required quality
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4.4
Not good enough because it is missing something important
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3.9
Not good enough to be acceptable
12
2.0
Not very good at a skill or task
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5.3
Too small in amount or size for what is needed
2
6.6
A small amount or number that is barely enough
1
6.5
Not as good as expected or needed
Antonyms
How Adequate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inadequate begins with in- meaning 'not', and the rest is the familiar word adequate, which means 'enough' or 'equal to the need'. So, inadequate means 'not enough' or 'not good enough'.